title: Primary headache disorders.
abstract: Primary headache disorders include migraine, tension-type headaches, and the trigeminal autonomic cephalgias (TACs). "Primary" refers to a lack of clear underlying causative pathology, trauma, or systemic disease. The TACs include cluster headache, paroxysmal hemicrania, and short-lasting neuralgiform headache attacks with conjunctival injection and tearing; hemicrania continua, although classified separately by the International Headache Society, shares many features of both migraine and the TACs. This article describes the features and treatment of these disorders.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Medicine, The Faculty of Dentistry, Hebrew University-Hadassah, POB 12272, Jerusalem, Israel. rafaelb@ekmd.huji.ac.il
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Benoliel
authors.forename: Eli
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Eliav
mesh_terms: D000082:Acetaminophen / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018712:Analgesics, Non-Narcotic / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003027:Cluster Headache / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D051270:Headache Disorders, Primary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000077213:Lamotrigine; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D051302:Paroxysmal Hemicrania / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D050798:SUNCT Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D018170:Sumatriptan / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018781:Tension-Type Headache / Q000175:diagnosis; D014227:Triazines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D051303:Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgias / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D018712:Analgesics, Non-Narcotic; D000927:Anticonvulsants; D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors; D014227:Triazines; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents; D000082:Acetaminophen; D018170:Sumatriptan; D000077213:Lamotrigine; D007213:Indomethacin